Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 576Oct 20, 2017 4:29 pm Update!! The council said yes tto the dispensation and we have been given the green light to proceed! Yippee! Permit for tree removal done and received, power pit appication completed - now waiting. Demolition scheduled for early in the New Year. In the meantime, trying to declutter and pack everything up and look for a rental is in progress. So much to do!! A wee bit stressed but how exciting to be beginning. And amongst all the other things, I am going to start a blog now htat we are on the way. I will post the link once I work out how! LOL Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 577Oct 21, 2017 11:44 am Good stuff! Sounds great! Will be reading the blog and keeping up on your progress. Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 578Oct 22, 2017 7:22 am Nice one Lenz, we have had a bit of an issue recently. Our Sales Consultant didn't understand the procedure in requiring a planning permit to remove trees from our block prior to obtaining a build permit, which I find absolutely astounding. On top of that they pushed our contract back another month too!! Anyway, we are just about to get an Aborist report and submit details for the planning permit, so hopefully not too many hold ups there....Can I ask all of you, did you sign the contract before or after the build permit is received? Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 579Oct 26, 2017 8:59 pm Hi everyone, We too are building with the DF. I am so nervous... We have been to the colour selection and should have the plants finilised by mid November. At what stage do we hear about Council approval? We are building the Alexandra 293. Can't wait. Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 580Oct 26, 2017 9:05 pm Mathjic Nice one Lenz, we have had a bit of an issue recently. Our Sales Consultant didn't understand the procedure in requiring a planning permit to remove trees from our block prior to obtaining a build permit, which I find absolutely astounding. On top of that they pushed our contract back another month too!! Anyway, we are just about to get an Aborist report and submit details for the planning permit, so hopefully not too many hold ups there....Can I ask all of you, did you sign the contract before or after the build permit is received? Hi Mathjic, We haven't heard anything about the permit yet and I am not sure what comes first to be honest. In fact, I am assuming the permits are organised by the builder and in this case we would only sign a contract after permits were given but I really have no idea. Would love to hear from the others with more experience. Lilly Hi everyone, Newbie renovator here, after some advice for combining our family room in the picture and the alfresco and make a larger family room. There is a flush sill… 0 4899 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74716 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105591 |